If you’re in the UK and a fan of those TV property programmes, you might know a show called Escape to the Country. For 2014, the format’s getting a little more ambitious, with a brand-new series called Escape to the Continent scheduled to start on BBC2 in...

Italians – or to be more specific, Neapolitans – invented it. Americans now think they own the rights. Give or take a few misguided individuals, everyone in the world loves it. And for something as simple as a few toppings on a piece of baked dough, it...